West Virginia - Marion County
Marion County West Virginia has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 11 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Barrackville Covered Bridge, High Level Bridge, Colonial Apartments, Fairmont Downtown Historic District and Fairmont Normal School Administration Building.

Several famous people are associated with these Marion County historic places including Musick, Ruth Ann, PhD, Bowers, George F., et al, Harry Shaw and Thomas W. Fleming.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Marion County places including Casey,John,Co. of Pittsburgh, Concrete Steel Engineering Co., Lemuel Chenoweth, Jones & Nuzum, Donald Kennedy, Davis, Paul A., III, Horace Trumbauer, Tell William Nicolet, Charles G. Badgley and Jacob Prickett Jr.. Prominent architectural styles found in Marion Country are Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts and Tudor Revival.

Barrackville Covered Bridge (added 1973 - - #73001921)
WV 21, over Buffalo Creek , Barrackville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Chenoweth,Lemuel
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
Colonial Apartments (added 2006 - - #06000653)
Also known as Kennedy Dairy Barn
2 E. Garden Ln. , Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kennedy, Edward Phillip, Kennedy, Donald
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Musick, Ruth Ann, PhD
Significant Year:
1946, 1900, 1942
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing
More Information:
Dunbar School (added 2015 - - #15000188)
Fairmont, Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Education
Period of Significance:
1925-1949 AD
Fairmont Downtown Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001008)
Also known as See Also:Marion County Courthouse and Sheriff's House;High L
Along Jackson, Adams, Washington and Quincy Sts. and Cleveland and Fairmont Aves. , Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lyons, A. C., Badgley, Charles G.
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Mixed
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse
More Information:
Fairmont Normal School Administration Building (added 1994 - - #94000216)
Also known as Fairmont State Administration Building
Jct. of Locust Ave. and Bryant St. , Fairmont
Jodyperry, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Davis, Paul A., III
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education, Other
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education, Other
Current Sub-function:
School
More Information:
Fairmont Senior High School (added 2002 - - #02000254)
1 Loop Park , Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smallwood Low Stone Company, Ittner, William B
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
More Information:
Fleming, Thomas W., House (added 1979 - - #79002587)
Also known as Clubhouse of the Woman`s Club of Fairmont
300 1st St. , Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts
Historic Person:
Fleming,Thomas W.
Significant Year:
1901
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic
More Information:
Fleming--Watson Historic District (added 2001 - - #01001330)
Approx. bounded by Fairmont Ave., Second, Fay Sts., Apple Ct, Green, Emerson Sts., Coleman Ave., Seventh St., Outlook , Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lyons, A.C., Giffon, George
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Road-Related, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Religion, Social, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Mortuary, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Hamilton Round Barn (added 1985 - - #85001548)
CR 11 , Mannington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hamilton,A.A.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
High Gate (added 1982 - - #82004326)
Also known as James Edwin Watson House;Ross Funeral Home
801 Fairmont Ave. , Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Trumbauer,Horace
Architectural Style:
Other, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Mortuary
More Information:
High Level Bridge (added 1991 - - #91001734)
Also known as Million Dollar Bridge;Monongahela River Bridge
Jefferson St. across the Monongahela R. , Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Casey,John,Co. of Pittsburgh, Concrete Steel Engineering Co.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Pedestrian Related, Rail-Related, Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Pedestrian Related, Rail-Related
More Information:
Jacobs--Hutchinson Block (added 1995 - - #95000874)
Also known as Peoples' National Bank
201--209 Adams St. , Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Holbert & Spedden, Lyons, Andrew C.
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Professional, Specialty Store
More Information:
Mannington Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001313)
Roughly bounded by High, Clarksburg and Howard Sts. and Buffalo Cr. , Mannington
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Giesey, M.F., et al.
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Mid 19th Century Revival, Colonial
Historic Person:
Bowers, George F., et al
Significant Year:
1904, 1889, 1855
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Exploration/Settlement, Other-Ethnic
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Capitol, Multiple Dwelling, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Social
Current Sub-function:
Capitol, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, School, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Marion County Courthouse and Sheriff's House (added 1979 - - #79003149)
Adams and Jefferson Sts. , Fairmont
TimK MSI, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Priest,W.D., Yost & Packard
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse, Government Office
More Information:
Masonic Temple (added 1993 - - #93000218)
320 Jefferson St. , Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brady Construction Co., Giffin, H.F.
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Post Office, Professional, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Professional
More Information:
Miller, Thomas C., Public School (added 2013 - - #13000263)
2 Pennsylvania Ave., Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Morgan, George Pinkney, House (added 2003 - - #03000348)
Also known as David Morgan Homeplace
Cty. 19/3 , Rivesville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Significant Year:
1857
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture, Invention
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Funerary, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
More Information:
Prickett's Fort (added 1974 - - #74002404)
Also known as Prickett Bay Boat Launch Site
Address Restricted , Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
American Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Prickett, Jacob, Jr., Log House (added 1979 - - #79002588)
S of Montana off SR 72 , Montana
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Prickett,Jacob,Jr.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Shaw House (added 1988 - - #88001461)
Also known as Shaw,Harry,House
425 Morgantown Ave. , Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
MacElwee,Alex, Jones & Nuzum
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Historic Person:
Shaw,Harry
Significant Year:
1919
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Wilson School (added 2001 - - #01001331)
Also known as West Augusta Historical Society Museum
917 E. Main St. , Mannington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
Woodlawn Cemetery (added 2004 - - #04000305)
335 Maple Ave. , Fairmont
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Nicolet, Tell William
Architectural Style:
Exotic Revival, Other
Historic Person:
multiple
Significant Year:
1895, 1929, 1875
Area of Significance:
Art, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Mortuary
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Mortuary
More Information:
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